Eight Las Vegas teenagers ranging from 13 to 17 years old have been arrested and
will be charged with murder for the death of 17 year old Jonathan Lewis.
Jr.
The attack was filmed and widely circulated on social media
in a press conference yesterday,
Las Vegas police confirm Lewis was attacked by a group of
fellow Rancho high school students outside the school on November 1st,
Lewis sustained head trauma in the fight and was pronounced dead on November 8.
Here's Lieutenant Jason Johansson
during our investigation,
we quickly learned that
the fight was actually over
a pair of stolen wireless headphones
and possibly over a stolen marijuana Vape pen
uh from incidents that occurred earlier in the week
and that as a result of those stolen items which
were taken from the victim or the victim's friends,
they had agreed to fight with several of the subjects
in the back alley where the fight occurred.
The police went on to say that there is no evidence that
the attack was a hate crime but the investigation is ongoing.